The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave (Japanese: ?????RPG Hepburn: Denpa Ningen no RPG) is a 3D augmented reality video game developed and published by Genius Sonority for the Nintendo 3DS's eShop. It was released in Japan on February 8 2012 in North America on September 27 2012 and in Europe and Australia on December 6 2012. A sequel named The Denpa Men 2: Beyond the Waves was released in Japan and in the West. The title features improved gameplay more dungeons and other additions. The third game in the series The Denpa Men 3: The Rise of Digitoll was released in Japan on August 7 2013 in North America Europe and Australia on May 8 2014. On July 2 2014 it was announced that a fourth title The Denpa Men RPG Free! would be free-to-play. It was released in Japan on July 23 2014. A fifth title The New Denpa Men was released on mobiles in 2017 but shut down in May 2019. Due to the closure of the Nintendo eShop on March 27 2023 the trilogy is no longer purchasable (as with the rest of the software available on the digital storefront) though it remains available to redownload if already owned before the closure along with software updates for some time. A new game is currently in the works and is set to release during 2024 on the Nintendo Switch.